Chapter4
QuickstartwiththeFieldCommunicator
Topicscoveredinthischapter:
♦Applypower
♦Connectwiththe
FieldCommunicator
♦Congurationtipsandtricks
♦ConguretheprimarymAoutputtoreportmassowrateinauser-selected
measurementunit
♦Performalooptest
♦TrimmAoutputs
♦Zerotheowmeter
♦T estortunethesystemusingsensorsimulation
♦Enable/disableHARTsecurity
4.1Applypower
Prerequisites
Beforeyouapplypowertotheowmeter,closeandtightenallhousingcovers.
Topreventignitionofammableorcombustibleatmospheres,makesureallcoversare
tightlyclosed.Forhazardousareainstallations,applyingpowertotheunitwhilehousing
coversareremovedorloosecancauseanexplosion.
Procedure
Turnontheelectricalpoweratthepowersupply.
Theowmeterwillautomaticallyperformdiagnosticroutines.Fortransmitterswithadisplay,thestatus
LEDwillturngreenandbegintoashwhenthestartupdiagnosticsarecomplete.IfthestatusLED
exhibitsdifferentbehavior,analarmconditionispresent.
Postrequisites
Allowtheelectronicstowarmupforapproximately10minutesbeforerelyingonprocessmeasurements.
Althoughthesensorisreadytoreceiveprocessuidshortlyafterpower-up,theelectronicscantakeup
to10minutestowarmupcompletely.
4.2ConnectwiththeFieldCommunicator
Prerequisites
ThefollowingHARTdevicedescription(DD)mustbeinstalledontheFieldCommunicator:DDv2.
AconnectionfromtheFieldCommunicatortoyourtransmitterallowsyoutoreadprocessdata,congure
thetransmitter,andperformmaintenanceandtroubleshootingtasks.
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